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DBMS > 4D vs. dBASE vs. JSqlDb vs. Machbase Neo

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. dBASE vs. JSqlDb vs. Machbase Neo

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemdBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigData
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score9.70
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.dbase.comjsqldb.org (offline)machbase.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasemachbase.com/­dbms
Developer4D, IncAsthon TateKonrad von BackstromMachbase
Initial release1984197920182013
Current releasev20, April 2023dBASE 2019, 20190.8, December 2018V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial infofree test version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
dBase proprietary IDEJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenoneselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDBno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infovolatile and lookup table
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access control

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